Frequently Asked Questions

By their very nature the European Union's research programmes are quite complex. Ensuring equal access and fair treatment for all interested parties across the European Union is a daunting task, which requires certain rules and procedures. These inevitably lead to questions, and we hope that the questions and answers listed on the linked website below will help to answer some of yours!

If not, please send the Research Directorate General an e-mail at research@ec.europa.eu

While Commission departments do their utmost to avoid any errors or omissions, the answers given on the Research Directorate website are for general guidance, and are not to be considered as legally binding. For this reason the reader is encouraged to consult the source documents referred to after most questions. Please read the general disclaimer of the European Commission, too, as well as the copyright notice, which tells you what use that can be made of this material. Now please go to this link to have your research questions answered: http://www.ec.europa.eu/research/faq/index.cfm

this page last updated January 30, 2008